Trip Itinerary

Jan 7-11 Shanghai

• Fly out of LAX 11:30am
• Arrive Shanghai 7:30pm Jan 8th
• Ride the Bullet Train (200mph+)
• Look thru the glass floor in the 1500 ft tall Oriental Pearl Tower
• Walk "the Bund", then recover with a martini in the rooftop terrace at M on the Bund
• See the Shanghai museum
• Shop the Dongtai Road street market
• Eat the world famous Din Tai Fung dumplings
• See the Shanghai Acrobatics show
• Cruise the Huangpu River
• Fly to Beijing 1:15pm Jan 11

Jan 11-13 Beijing 

• Visit the Great Wall of China, then ride the toboggan down from the top
• Walk Tianimain Square, then into the Forbidden City
• A ricksha ride thru the narrow alleys of Beijing's Hutong Village
• Lunch with a local family at their house
• Learn how to drink tea at a Chinese Tea House
• Fly to Changsha 5:15pm Jan 13

Jan 13-18 Changsha

• Settle in our hotel to prepare for the big day
• Jan 14th GOTCHA DAY we get Chloe today!!
• finalize paperwork at the Civil Affairs Office
• Bond with Chloe
• Do some local sightseeing
• Go visit her orphanage, and meet her caregivers
• Get Chloe's passport, then fly to Guangzhou Jan 18

Jan 18-24 Guangzhou

•  Medical appointment for Chloe
• Visa photo
• Shopping at Liwan Plaza
• Group picture (with all the other adoptive families)
• Visit the Xiangjiang Safari Park
• See the Chang Long International Circus
• Dinner cruise on the Pearl River
• Shopping on Shamian Island
• Fly back to Shanghai 7:35am Jan 24

Jan 24 Shanghai

• Rest
• Last minute shopping
• Fly back to the US 9:45pm Jan 24
• Arrive at LAX 5:15pm Jan 24